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Bean family letters, 1862-1863
1862-11-27 Page 02
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have become, I suppose, out lawed without it is only propper to take interest up to the time of Hall's death, or without you have in your possession some thing that keeps the note good. You will answer the above as soon as you get it I got a letter from Aunt Mary Smith to day she says she is well & growes fat evry day fatter than when we saw her; that she is happier than she has been for many years: that she is comfortable & with out touble: that she had not heard from Smith for 4 months & she did not write to him: 8 months since he was mad but she did not care: that she is better without him. We had a snow storm last night it being the third this season, the wind the night Mother wrote did not blow up a snow-storm. Saturday morning I or rather we killed the Rood hog it did more than half fat and was more than eating its self up in Corn & I concluded as we were out of meat that the best thing would be to kill it did not weigh it but concluded it was not very heavy for I carried it in to the house without any trouble. We are all well From your son John V Bean
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have become, I suppose, out lawed without it is only propper to take interest up to the time of Hall's death, or without you have in your possession some thing that keeps the note good. You will answer the above as soon as you get it I got a letter from Aunt Mary Smith to day she says she is well & growes fat evry day fatter than when we saw her; that she is happier than she has been for many years: that she is comfortable & with out touble: that she had not heard from Smith for 4 months & she did not write to him: 8 months since he was mad but she did not care: that she is better without him. We had a snow storm last night it being the third this season, the wind the night Mother wrote did not blow up a snow-storm. Saturday morning I or rather we killed the Rood hog it did more than half fat and was more than eating its self up in Corn & I concluded as we were out of meat that the best thing would be to kill it did not weigh it but concluded it was not very heavy for I carried it in to the house without any trouble. We are all well From your son John V Bean
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